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Pompeo bars 16 Saudis from US over murder of Jamal Khashoggi

By Jerry Dunleavy
Published April 9, 2019 1:23am ET
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Pompeo bars 16 Saudis from US over murder of Jamal Khashoggi
A flag of Saudi Arabia flies behind barb wire, on the roof top of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported Saturday. | (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

Sixteen Saudi nationals believed to be involved in last year’s murder of Jamal Khashoggi have been barred from the U.S. along with their families, the State Department announced Monday.

A statement said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “publicly designating” these individuals under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2019.

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